Catalogue des films de « Jan Spata »

In 1964, Jan Spata created this documentary called "The Greatest Wish", an enquette about the desires of the young generation. It was a time of political liberalization and thus also a time of beautiful visons and desires. In 1969, the film was...

"Athletic Variations" is a sophisticated essay on winning and losing during the 1982 European Athletics Championships held in Athens.

In" Variations on Gustav Mahler’s Theme" Spata rendered his relationship to and admiration for the world-renowned, Czech-born musical genius.

During the shoot of a film on Antonin Dvorák, directed in 1978 and 1979 by Frantisek Vlácil, Drahomíra Vihanová attempted to represent Vlácil's work of direction, his research and uncertainties, the atmosphere of the shoot. A major film on...

During Holy week, daily life in Mexico expresses itself in multiple forms with religious ceremonies, music, song, craftsmen and shops, Maya temples, seaside activities not to forget the bullfights.

A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Spáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the...

By questioning passers-by in direct cinema style, the filmmaker tries to understand the reasons for the spectacular drop in birth statistics in the country.

A poetic evocation of the life of rail workers. Beyond daily gestures, the film questions time and celebrates the solidarity among the men.